{"id":1481432,"date":"2024-08-03T17:25:00","date_gmt":"2024-08-03T21:25:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/news\/?p=1481432"},"modified":"2024-08-03T17:25:00","modified_gmt":"2024-08-03T21:25:00","slug":"make-small-govt-great-again-musk-talks-with-trump-about-govt-efficiency-commission","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/news\/make-small-govt-great-again-musk-talks-with-trump-about-govt-efficiency-commission\/1481432\/","title":{"rendered":"Make Small Gov&#8217;t Great Again? Musk Talks With Trump About &#8220;Gov&#8217;t Efficiency Commission&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden\">Make Small Gov&#8217;t Great Again? Musk Talks With Trump About &#8220;Gov&#8217;t Efficiency Commission&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item\">\n<p>The Biden-Harris Administration recently awarded $3.1 billion to the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/technology\/people-will-be-teleporting-between-planets-california-finishes-high-speed-rail-project?ref=biztoc.com\">failed California High-Speed Rail project<\/a>, which has already\u00a0wasted $95 billion in taxpayer funds and\u00a0is decades behind completion.<\/p>\n<p>Another federal government mega failure is the now stalled rollout of high-speed internet across rural America, which cost <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/political\/biden-harris-40-billion-high-speed-internet-plan-connected-nobody\">taxpayers tens of billions<\/a>. Meanwhile,\u00a0Elon Musk&#8217;s space internet company Starlink\u00a0could&#8217;ve supplied internet via low-Earth-orbit satellites to\u00a0millions of Americans in rural America for a fraction of the cost. But with the Biden admin at war with Musk over\u00a0free speech platform X, the admin overlooked Starlink.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>These examples result from a bloated, inefficient government plagued by rampant mismanagement and corruption, stifling the nation&#8217;s progress. The root cause is the absence of accountability and meritocracy among government workers on the managerial level.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>If America intends to maintain its superpower status (and the &#8216;woke&#8217; religion wants to destroy that),\u00a0uphold the dollar&#8217;s dominance, and counter China&#8217;s expanding\u00a0global dominance, then a\u00a0swift and radical overhaul of the federal government is desperately needed.<\/p>\n<p>Musk has demonstrated through SpaceX, the global leader in reusable rocket launches, that private industry drives America&#8217;s dominance in space. NASA has since taken a back seat with\u00a0SpaceX dominating rocket launches, while competing rocket companies, such as Jeff Bezos&#8217; Blue Origin, recently unleashed lawfare against SpaceX to slow launches.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s a snapshot of rocket launches (using data\u00a0from\u00a0<em><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/BryceSpaceTech\">BryceTech<\/a>) <\/em>that shows\u00a0Musk&#8217;s rocket company launched\u00a0525 spacecraft into orbit in the first quarter, far <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/technology\/after-hundreds-launches-spacex-falcon-9-rocket-suffers-rare-engine-failure\">outpacing China and Russia<\/a>. The data shows that SpaceX is beating entire nation-states.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cms.zerohedge.com\/s3\/files\/inline-images\/2024-06-23_09-57-00.png?itok=AiL0JDoq\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The context above is crucial here, as Musk appeared on the Lex Fridman Podcast on Friday. During the conversation, they discussed government waste and the extent of its inefficiency.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cms.zerohedge.com\/s3\/files\/inline-images\/2024-08-03_11-31-17.png?itok=IOm2EKOF\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Fridman told Musk, <em><strong>&#8220;I wish you could go into Washington for a week and be the head of the committee for making government smaller.&#8221;\u00a0<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Musk responded, &#8220;I have discussed with Trump the idea of a government efficiency commission &#8230; and I would be willing to be apart of that commission.&#8221;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The billionaire continued by saying that when you remove all the waste in government, well, &#8220;You&#8217;re\u00a0attacking the Matrix at that point &#8230; Matrix will fight back.&#8221;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>Additionally, Musk revealed 7 reasons why he\u2019s voting for Donald Trump<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>1. Elon Musk was astounded when Trump fist-pumped and shouted, \u201cFight!\u201d shortly after getting shot in the face. \u201cYou can&#8217;t feign bravery in a situation like that,\u201d he said.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>2. Musk seeks a leader \u201cwho is strong and courageous to represent the country.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>3. He wants someone tough to deal with world leaders who are pretty tough themselves. \u201cPoor guy [Biden] has trouble climbing a flight of stairs, and the other one&#8217;s first pumping after getting shot. This is no comparison.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>4. Musk wants \u201ca secure border. We don&#8217;t have a secure border.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>5. He wants someone who can deliver \u201csafe and clean cities.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>6. Musk Thinks Trump is the better candidate to reduce spending. He\u2019s concerned about this issue because \u201cwe&#8217;re currently spending at a rate that is bankrupting the country.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>7. Musk aligns with Trump\u2019s vision to cut bureaucratic bloat. He wants someone who will \u201creduce the size of government.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Pretty convincing list, wouldn&#8217;t you agree?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Elon Musk Reveals 7 Reasons Why He\u2019s Voting for Donald Trump<\/p>\n<p>1. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/elonmusk?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@ElonMusk<\/a> was astounded when Trump fist-pumped and shouted, \u201cFight!\u201d shortly after getting shot in the face. \u201cYou can&#8217;t feign bravery in a situation like that,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>2. Musk seeks a leader \u201cwho is\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/x63hBAmJx7\">pic.twitter.com\/x63hBAmJx7<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 The Vigilant Fox \ud83e\udd8a (@VigilantFox) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/VigilantFox\/status\/1819530943847153931?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 3, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Watch the full interview below:<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this year, President Javier Milei of Argentina slashed tens of thousands of jobs in a &#8220;chainsaw-style&#8221; approach to reducing the state&#8217;s size.<\/p>\n<p><em>If Trump wins in November, Musk will help drain the swamp.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>      <span class=\"field field--name-uid field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden\"><a title=\"View user profile.\" href=\"https:\/\/cms.zerohedge.com\/users\/tyler-durden\" class=\"username\">Tyler Durden<\/a><\/span><br \/>\n<span class=\"field field--name-created field--type-created field--label-hidden\">Sat, 08\/03\/2024 &#8211; 13:25<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u200b<a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/political\/make-small-govt-great-again-musk-talks-trump-about-govt-efficiency-commission\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/political\/make-small-govt-great-again-musk-talks-trump-about-govt-efficiency-commission<\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Make Small Gov&#8217;t Great Again? Musk Talks With Trump About &#8220;Gov&#8217;t Efficiency Commission&#8221; The Biden-Harris Administration recently awarded $3.1 billion to the\u00a0failed California High-Speed Rail&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":1481433,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1481432","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","wpcat-1-id"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1481432","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1481432"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1481432\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1481433"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1481432"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1481432"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1481432"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}